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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 21

Where the EU has in most areas of environmental law gone further and faster in the last five years, the UK Parliament could do well to at least look at and understand new EU environmental legislation, if not recommend following suit.
Read our findings and recommendations:
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Divergence in UK/EU Environmental Policy:State of Play - IEEP UK

Explore the state of UK/EU environmental policy state of play in 2025, five years after Brexit. Find here the main key messages, the UK/EU divergence overview, and IEEP UK’s calls for action.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 21

More coverage in today’s Guardian following up on the findings of the report, as MPs Stella Creasey and Richard Tice call for a new Parliamentary committee to be set up to scrutinise where this divergence is happening.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Stella Creasy and Richard Tice call for scrutiny over which EU laws UK ditches

Labour MP says she and Reform MP want a committee set up, after news of UK’s post-Brexit environmental rollbacks

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 21

MPs call for more scrutiny on post Brexit environmental divergence following findings of IEEP UK report

ICYMI yesterday’s front page coverage in the Guardian of IEEP UK’s new report on environmental legislation and how the UK has diverged with EU:

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UK falling behind EU on environmental rules amid post-Brexit rollback

Exclusive: Labour ministers choosing to weaken green protections inherited from the bloc, analysis reveals

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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · Aug 20

Brexit was sold as a new dawn, yet Britain is falling behind the EU on climate, chemicals and nature. Drifting isn’t leadership. We should be racing to exceed European standards, not watching our environmental ambitions slide into second-rate status.

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[News] UK Falling Behind EU on Environmental Regulation, Warns New IEEP UK Report - IEEP UK

The Institute for European Environmental Policy UK (IEEP UK) has today published its 2025 State of Play report on regulatory divergence in environmental policy since the UK’s departure from the EU.…

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 20

IEEP UK has developed a new interactive online tool for exploring the report’s findings. To access this and the full PDF report, please follow the link below 👇
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Divergence in UK/EU Environmental Policy:State of Play - IEEP UK

Explore the state of UK/EU environmental policy state of play in 2025, five years after Brexit. Find here the main key messages, the UK/EU divergence overview, and IEEP UK’s calls for action.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 20

The report also highlights that the UK hasn't significantly regressed from 2020 levels of env protection, alongside notable egs of progressive divergence, incl UK & Scot Govts’ decision to close sandeel fisheries – praised as a strong use of post-Brexit policy autonomy to protect biodiversity.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 20

The report points to a widening gap in ambition and action, with the UK falling behind the EU in several critical policy areas – often ‘diverging by default’ as the EU makes ambitious updates to what was once a ‘Common Rulebook’ shared by both parties.

Divergence in UK/EU Environmental Policy:State of Play - IEEP UK

Explore the state of UK/EU environmental policy state of play in 2025, five years after Brexit. Find here the main key messages, the UK/EU divergence overview, and IEEP UK’s calls for action.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Our assessment looks at a wide variety of legislation in the EU and across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, and for the first time rates the level of divergence in environmental policy between the EU and the four UK nations.

Divergence in UK/EU Environmental Policy:State of Play - IEEP UK

Explore the state of UK/EU environmental policy state of play in 2025, five years after Brexit. Find here the main key messages, the UK/EU divergence overview, and IEEP UK’s calls for action.

ieep.uk

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 20

📄🌍New IEEP UK report on UK-EU environmental divergence since Brexit

This morning, IEEP UK launched its annual ‘Divergence in UK/EU Environmental Policy: State of Play’ report, which tracks legislative divergence across nine different thematic policy areas since the UK left the EU.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks for sharing this!

Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Much could, and should, change with the Planning Bill before it is passed. And we would be interested in seeing the EUs response to its ramifications, for all the reasons the UKICE article covers.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 20

Thanks for flagging the excellent article by Marcus Gehring. In the full report, we do touch on the potential regression that Labour's Planning and Infrastructure Bill would lead to, but the ratings that we produced on divergence are based mainly on legislation already passed ieep.uk/divergence-s...

Divergence in UK/EU Environmental Policy:State of Play - IEEP UK

Explore the state of UK/EU environmental policy state of play in 2025, five years after Brexit. Find here the main key messages, the UK/EU divergence overview, and IEEP UK’s calls for action.

ieep.uk

Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 13

For more information and to download the full report, follow the link below 👇

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[Report] Review of the UK and EU Circular Economy Legislation Landscapes and Implications for Businesses - IEEP UK

This joint report by the Institute for European Environmental Policy UK and the Aldersgate Group provides a comprehensive overview of the evolving circular economy legislative landscapes in the UK and...

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 13

This includes identifying and mitigating challenges caused by divergence, boosting collaboration with the EU on data sharing - for example, by rejoining the European Environment Agency - and bolstering legislation further up the waste hierarchy to reduce resource use and consumption.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Our paper calls for the UK government to address this through a strengthened vision for policy and regulation in the UK, including with the upcoming Circular Economy Strategy for England due in the autumn.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 13

Produced together with Aldersgate Group, this new report warns that regulatory divergence between the UK and the EU on circular economy could create additional burdens for businesses, and leaves the UK market exposed to products made to low environmental standards.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Aug 13

‪📑 ♻️ New circular economy report with @aldersgategroup.bsky.social

This morning we launched a report on the state of the circular economy legislative landscapes in the UK and EU, and the implications for businesses.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · Jun 12

Our Senior Fellow, David Baldock, will be taking part in an online panel discussion on 'Environmental Law and Governance across the UK' at UKELA's Annual Conference, next Wednesday 18 June at 5pm.

You can find out more about the event and book your place at the conference below 👇

UKELA - UK Environmental Law Association @ukela-law.bsky.social · Mar 17

Early Bird tickets for the UKELA Conference 2025 are available until the 31 March - if you haven't already, buy your ticket now to enjoy the Early Bird discount! lnkd.in/e_GF3PdX
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Impact on Urban Health @impurbanhealth.bsky.social · Jun 4

❓ Post-Brexit, what do the EU's new air quality standards for air pollution and health in the UK?

❤️‍🩹 We're working with @ieep-uk.bsky.social, with the goal to encourage the UK to legislate in line with WHO air quality guidelines.
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Making the case for stronger air quality standards

With Institute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) UK

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · May 29

You can read the full blog here 👉 ieep.uk/news/blog-st...

[Blog] Steering land use for the future: England is not alone in Europe - IEEP UK

The land use framework for England that the government is scheduled to publish in the summer should be a useful tool for assessing and grappling with the changes that need to be brought about in the c...

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · May 29

But is England the first to grapple with this challenge? Are other countries moving forward as well?

In our latest blog, IEEP UK Senior Fellow David Baldock digs deeper into this issue, looking at the lessons that can be learned from Denmark's Green Tripartite Plan.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · May 29

New impetus is clearly needed, given the slow rate of progress in recent years, for example in expanding higher tier agri-environment schemes and establishing more tree cover. This represents a challenge for the whole of the UK and not only for England.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · May 29

🌾 New blog on lessons for England's land use framework 🌾

The land use framework for England that the government is scheduled to publish in the summer should be a useful tool for assessing and grappling with the changes that need to be brought about in the coming decades.

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Institute for European Environmental Policy UK @ieep-uk.bsky.social · May 19

Keep an eye out for further comment and read outs from IEEP UK on this new deal in the weeks to come.